2020 XFL season

The 2020 XFL season was the first season in the reboot of the XFL, and the second in the history of the XFL brand created and owned by professional wrestling magnate Vince McMahon, coming 19 years after the 2001 XFL season.

2020 XFL season
League	XFL
Sport	American football
Duration	Regular season: February 8 – April 12 (planned) February 8 – March 8 (actual)
Number of games	Regular season: 10 per team (planned) 5 per team (actual)
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, Fox, FS1
Best regular season record	Houston Roughnecks (5–0)

The season began on February 8, 2020, with the DC Defenders hosting and defeating the Seattle Dragons. The league planned to have a ten-week regular season through April 12, with division championships April 18 and 19, with the XFL Championship scheduled for April 26 in Houston.[1]

In March 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the XFL announced that the league would be cancelling the rest of the season, ahead of the league's suspension of operations and bankruptcy filing a month later.[2]

Teams

As with the 2001 XFL, the 2020 XFL operates eight teams, all centrally owned by the league's holding company, Alpha Entertainment LLC, as a single entity. Alpha Entertainment was spun off from WWE to keep the league's finances separate from the professional wrestling enterprise, with McMahon the sole proprietor.[3] Two of the original league's metropolitan areas also received teams in the revival: New York and Los Angeles. All eight teams received new brandings on August 21, 2019: the New York Guardians, DC Defenders, Tampa Bay Vipers, St. Louis BattleHawks, Dallas Renegades, Houston Roughnecks, Seattle Dragons, and Los Angeles Wildcats.[4]

Draft

The 2020 XFL Draft was held October 15 and 16, 2019, via conference call. Seventy-one players were allocated to each team in separate position drafts: one marquee quarterback allocated by the league to each team, ten skill positions, ten offensive linemen, ten defensive linemen and/or linebackers, ten defensive backs, and thirty players of any position. Due to the structure of the draft, there was no true first overall selection. A supplemental draft was held in late November.[5]

Season structure

Preseason

Minicamps were held at each team's discretion in December 2019. The Wildcats hosted their minicamp at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas[6] while the Renegades hosted theirs at Arlington High School. The Vipers hosted their minicamp at the renovated Plant City Stadium, which also served as the team's headquarters and practice venue during the season.[7]

The XFL held its training camps in Houston, Texas, from January 4–22, 2020. Each team trained at a different stadium in the city, with the hometown Houston Roughnecks using their game stadium, TDECU Stadium. The other seven were as follows:

• Dallas Renegades: Darrell Tully Stadium
• DC Defenders: Rice University Stadium
• LA Wildcats: Alexander Durley Sports Complex
• New York Guardians: Husky Stadium
• St. Louis BattleHawks: W.W. Thorne Stadium
• Seattle Dragons: Delmar Stadium
• Tampa Bay Vipers: George Turner Stadium

The eight teams held informal scrimmages against each other.[8] The league did not initially plan to host exhibition games, but the television networks requested preseason matchups in order to conduct trial runs for their broadcasts. These were held during the day midweek in late January and were closed to the public.

Regular season

The league is divided into two divisions, East and West. Each team was given a ten-game schedule with no bye weeks, playing two games against each division rival (one home and one away) and one game against each team in the other division.

Cancellation

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to escalate in major American cities, there are concerns in regards to the spread of the COVID-19 disease. On March 11, the state of Washington imposed social distancing measures prohibiting the gathering of 250 or more persons. The league initially stated that a Seattle Dragons game against Los Angeles would be held behind closed doors as scheduled.[9] McMahon was planning on defying a similar guideline issued by New Jersey and going ahead with a game between the Houston Roughnecks and New York Guardians at MetLife Stadium with a full crowd, as New Jersey governor Phil Murphy had not made those guidelines mandatory at the time and the league was expecting a large attendance.[10] After the National Basketball Association suspended all games after two players tested positive of the virus, further social distancing measures were announced elsewhere and an unnamed Dragons player developed symptoms of the virus (he would later test positive),[11] The next day, the XFL announced it too would cancel the remainder of their regular season.[2]

Playoffs

The playoffs were to feature four teams, two from each division. In contrast to the 2001 XFL (which used a crossover approach in which teams faced the opposite division), the 2020 XFL would feature two division games, with the top two teams in each division facing off against each other to determine who represents the division in the XFL Championship.[1]

On February 13, 2020, the XFL formally announced that the name of the game would be the "XFL Championship" (reviving the alternate title of the first XFL Championship, which was also known as the Million Dollar Game) and would be held at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas.[12] The league initially had hoped that the social distancing measures would expire later in the season to allow the championship to be held.[13] Any hope of resuming the season ended on April 10 with the league terminating almost all of its remaining employees and suspending operations.[14]

Standings

2020 XFL standings
East Division[15]
Team	W–L	PCT	TD+/-	TD+	TD-	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STK
DC Defenders	3–2	.600	-3	9	12	2–1	82	89	-7	W1
St. Louis BattleHawks	3–2	.600	3	11	8	1–1	97	77	20	L1
New York Guardians	3–2	.600	-1	8	9	1–2	79	85	-6	W2
Tampa Bay Vipers	1–4	.200	-4	11	15	1–1	98	115	-17	L1
West Division[15]
Team	W–L	PCT	TD+/-	TD+	TD-	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STK
Houston Roughnecks	5–0	1.000	7	21	14	3–0	158	111	47	W5
Dallas Renegades	2–3	.400	-3	9	12	2–1	90	102	-12	L2
Los Angeles Wildcats	2–3	.400	4	18	14	0–2	129	122	7	W1
Seattle Dragons	1–4	.200	-3	12	15	0–2	87	119	-32	L3

Season schedule

Regular season

Week 1
Date and time	Away team	Result		Home team	Stadium	Attendance	Broadcast[16]	Viewership[17] (millions)
February 8, 2:00 p.m. ET	Seattle Dragons	19	31	DC Defenders	Audi Field	17,163[18]	ABC	3.30
February 8, 5:00 p.m. ET	Los Angeles Wildcats	17	37	Houston Roughnecks	TDECU Stadium	17,815[19]	Fox, Fox Deportes	3.29
February 9, 2:00 p.m. ET	Tampa Bay Vipers	3	23	New York Guardians	MetLife Stadium	17,634[20]	Fox, Fox Deportes	3.39
February 9, 5:00 p.m. ET	St. Louis BattleHawks	15	9	Dallas Renegades	Globe Life Park in Arlington	17,206[21]	ESPN, ESPN Deportes	2.50

Week 2
Date and time	Away team	Result		Home team	Stadium	Attendance	Broadcast	Viewership (millions)
February 15, 2:00 p.m. ET	New York Guardians	0	27	DC Defenders	Audi Field	15,031[22]	ABC	2.13[23]
February 15, 5:00 p.m. ET	Tampa Bay Vipers	9	17	Seattle Dragons	CenturyLink Field	29,172[24]	Fox, Fox Deportes	2.32
February 16, 3:00 p.m. ET	Dallas Renegades	25	18	Los Angeles Wildcats	Dignity Health Sports Park	14,979[25]	ABC, ESPN Deportes	2.40[23]
February 16, 6:00 p.m. ET	St. Louis BattleHawks	24	28	Houston Roughnecks	TDECU Stadium	17,103	FS1	1.36[26]

Week 3
Date and time	Away team	Result		Home team	Stadium	Attendance	Broadcast	Viewership[27] (millions)
February 22, 2:00 p.m. ET	Houston Roughnecks	34	27	Tampa Bay Vipers	Raymond James Stadium	18,117	ABC	1.914
February 22, 5:00 p.m. ET	Dallas Renegades	24	12	Seattle Dragons	CenturyLink Field	22,060	Fox	2.051
February 23, 3:00 p.m. ET	New York Guardians	9	29	St. Louis BattleHawks	The Dome at America's Center	29,554	ESPN	1.473
February 23, 6:00 p.m. ET	DC Defenders	9	39	Los Angeles Wildcats	Dignity Health Sports Park	12,221	FS1	1.004

Week 4
Date and time	Away team	Result		Home team	Stadium	Attendance	Broadcast	Viewership[28] (millions)
February 29, 2:00 p.m. ET	Los Angeles Wildcats	14	17	New York Guardians	MetLife Stadium	12,116[29]	ABC	1.558
February 29, 5:00 p.m. ET	Seattle Dragons	16	23	St. Louis BattleHawks	The Dome at America's Center	27,527[30]	Fox	1.802
March 1, 4:00 p.m. ET	Houston Roughnecks	27	20	Dallas Renegades	Globe Life Park in Arlington	18,332[31]	FS1	1.113
March 1, 7:00 p.m. ET	DC Defenders	0	25	Tampa Bay Vipers	Raymond James Stadium	12,245[32]	ESPN2	1.030

Week 5
Date and time	Away team	Result		Home team	Stadium	Attendance	Broadcast	Viewership (millions)[33]
March 7, 2:00 p.m. ET	Seattle Dragons	23	32	Houston Roughnecks	TDECU Stadium	19,773	ABC	1.547
March 7, 5:00 p.m. ET	New York Guardians	30	12	Dallas Renegades	GlobeLife Park in Arlington	15,950	Fox	1.497
March 8, 3:00 p.m. ET	St. Louis BattleHawks	6	15	DC Defenders	Audi Field	16,342	FS1	0.833
March 8, 9:00 p.m. ET	Tampa Bay Vipers	34	41	Los Angeles Wildcats	Dignity Health Sports Park	12,181	ESPN	0.757

Canceled games

Week 6
Date and time	Away team	Result		Home team	Stadium	Attendance	Broadcast	Viewership (millions)
March 14, 2:00 p.m. ET	Houston Roughnecks			New York Guardians	MetLife Stadium		ABC
March 14, 5:00 p.m. ET	St. Louis BattleHawks			Tampa Bay Vipers	Raymond James Stadium		FS2
March 15, 4:00 p.m. ET	Dallas Renegades			DC Defenders	Audi Field		FS1
March 15, 7:00 p.m. ET	Los Angeles Wildcats			Seattle Dragons	CenturyLink Field		ESPN2

Week 7
Date and time	Away team	Result		Home team	Stadium	Attendance	Broadcast	Viewership (millions)
March 21, 2:00 p.m. ET	Dallas Renegades			Tampa Bay Vipers	Raymond James Stadium		ABC
March 21, 5:00 p.m. ET	Los Angeles Wildcats			St. Louis BattleHawks	The Dome at America's Center		Fox
March 22, 3:00 p.m. ET	New York Guardians			Seattle Dragons	CenturyLink Field		ABC
March 22, 6:00 p.m. ET	DC Defenders			Houston Roughnecks	TDECU Stadium		FS1

Week 8
Date and time	Away team	Result		Home team	Stadium	Attendance	Broadcast	Viewership (millions)
March 28, 2:00 p.m. ET	Tampa Bay Vipers			DC Defenders	Audi Field		ABC
March 28, 5:00 p.m. ET	St. Louis BattleHawks			New York Guardians	MetLife Stadium		Fox
March 29, 3:00 p.m. ET	Houston Roughnecks			Los Angeles Wildcats	Dignity Health Sports Park		ABC
March 29, 6:00 p.m. ET	Seattle Dragons			Dallas Renegades	Globe Life Park in Arlington		FS1

Week 9
Date and time	Away team	Result		Home team	Stadium	Attendance	Broadcast	Viewership (millions)
April 2, 8:00 p.m. ET	Dallas Renegades			Houston Roughnecks	TDECU Stadium		Fox
April 4, 2:00 p.m. ET	DC Defenders			New York Guardians	MetLife Stadium		ABC
April 5, 12:00 p.m. ET	Tampa Bay Vipers			St. Louis BattleHawks	The Dome at America's Center		ESPN
April 5, 6:00 p.m. ET	Seattle Dragons			Los Angeles Wildcats	Dignity Health Sports Park		FS1

Week 10
Date and time	Away team	Result		Home team	Stadium	Attendance	Broadcast	Viewership (millions)
April 9, 8:00 p.m. ET	Los Angeles Wildcats			Dallas Renegades	Globe Life Park in Arlington		Fox
April 11, 2:00 p.m. ET	Houston Roughnecks			Seattle Dragons	CenturyLink Field		ABC
April 12, TBA	DC Defenders			St. Louis BattleHawks	The Dome at America's Center		Fox or ESPN
April 12, TBA	New York Guardians			Tampa Bay Vipers	Raymond James Stadium		Fox or ESPN

Playoffs

Division
Date and time	Away team	Result		Home team	Stadium	Attendance	Broadcast	Viewership (millions)
April 18, 3:00 p.m. ET	EAST 2			EAST 1	EAST 1		Fox
April 19, 3:00 p.m. ET	WEST 2			WEST 1	WEST 1		ESPN

Championship
Date and time	Away team	Result		Home team	Stadium	Attendance	Broadcast	Viewership (millions)
April 26, 3:00 p.m. ET	WEST CHAMPS			EAST CHAMPS	TDECU Stadium		ESPN

Reference[34]

Star of the Week

The Star of the Week is a weekly award given out by the XFL. The XFL selects eight nominees (one from each team) based on who they feel had the best performance, or the performance that had the most impact, of that week in XFL play and the public votes on their choice. The two winners from Saturday and Sunday's polls go against each other, and once again the public votes for the winner.

Star of the Week

Week	Player	Position	Team	Ref.
Week 1 (Feb. 12)	P. J. Walker (1)	Quarterback	Houston	[35]
Week 2 (Feb. 19)	Cam Phillips (1)	Wide receiver	Houston	[36]
Week 3 (Feb. 26)	Cam Phillips (2)	Wide receiver	Houston	[37]
Week 4 (March 4)	Jordan Ta'amu (1)	Quarterback	St. Louis	[38]
Week 5 (March 11)	Cam Phillips (3)	Wide receiver	Houston	[39]

Midseason awards

The midseason awards are given out by the XFL at the end of Week 5. These awards are given out first by the league selecting four nominees, and the public votes on who should win. The XFL also selected a mid-season All-XFL Team for the best players at each position.

Midseason awards

Midseason awards

Award	Player/Coach	Position	Team	Ref.
Coach of the Year	June Jones	N/A	Houston	[40]

All-XFL Team

All-XFL Team

Position	Player	Team
QB	P. J. Walker	Houston
HB	Matt Jones	St. Louis
WR	Cam Phillips	Houston
	Dan Williams	Tampa Bay
	Nelson Spruce	Los Angeles
TE	Donald Parham	Dallas
OL	Terry Poole	Houston
	Martez Ivey	Tampa Bay
	Anthony Coyle	New York
	Sebastian Tretola	Houston
	Maurquice Shakir	Dallas
DL	Cavon Walker	New York
	Will Sutton	Seattle
	Devin Taylor	Los Angeles
	Anthony Johnson	DC
LB	DeMarquis Gates	Houston
	Steven Johnson	Seattle
DB	Tarvarus McFadden	Tampa Bay
	Josh Hawkins	Dallas
	Deatrick Nichols	Houston
	Will Hill	St. Louis
	Kenny Robinson	St. Louis
K	Taylor Russolino	St. Louis
P	Hunter Niswander	DC
KR/PR	Austin Walter	Dallas

The Houston Roughnecks had the most amount of players on the All-XFL midseason team with 6, with the St. Louis BattleHawks and Dallas Renegades tied for second at four players. The Tampa Bay Vipers had three, and the other four teams with two each.[41]

Statistical leaders

[42]

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Offense
Passing Yards	P. J. Walker	HOU	1,338
Rushing Yards	De'Veon Smith	TB	365
Receiving Yards	Cam Phillips	HOU	455
Touchdowns	Cam Phillips	HOU	9
Defense
Tackles	Steven Johnson	SEA	48
Sacks	Cavon Walker	NY	4.5
Interceptions	Deatrick Nichols	HOU	3
Special Teams
Return Yards	John Santiago	SEA	440
Field Goals Made	Austin MacGinnis	DAL	10
Punting Average	Marquette King	STL	45.7

XFL to NFL/CFL

After the XFL season was cut short on March 12, 2020, players were allowed to sign with National Football League (NFL) or Canadian Football League (CFL) teams beginning on March 22.[43] The following players signed with NFL teams:

NFL signings

Player	Position	XFL team	Date	NFL team	Ref.
Deatrick Nichols	CB	Houston Roughnecks	March 24	New Orleans Saints	[44]
P. J. Walker	QB	Houston Roughnecks	March 25	Carolina Panthers	[45]
Khari Lee	TE	DC Defenders	March 25	Atlanta Falcons	[46]
DeMarquis Gates	LB	Houston Roughnecks	March 26	Minnesota Vikings	[47]
Nick Moore	LS	Tampa Bay Vipers	March 26	Baltimore Ravens	[48]
Dewayne Hendrix	DE	St. Louis BattleHawks	March 30	Pittsburgh Steelers	[49]
Tyree Kinnel	S	DC Defenders	March 30	Pittsburgh Steelers	[49]
Christian Kuntz	LS	Dallas Renegades	March 30	Pittsburgh Steelers	[49]
Edmond Robinson	LB	Houston Roughnecks	March 30	Atlanta Falcons	[50]
Jordan Ta'amu	QB	St. Louis BattleHawks	April 2	Kansas City Chiefs	[51]
Saivion Smith	CB	Houston Roughnecks	April 10	Dallas Cowboys	[52]
Saeed Blacknall	WR	Los Angeles Wildcats	April 13	Pittsburgh Steelers	[53]
Cavon Walker	DT	New York Guardians	April 13	Pittsburgh Steelers	[54]
Dravon Askew-Henry	CB	New York Guardians	April 14	New York Giants	[55]
Austin MacGinnis	K	Dallas Renegades	April 14	Los Angeles Rams	[56]
Storm Norton	OT	Los Angeles Wildcats	April 14	Los Angeles Chargers	[57]
Donald Parham	TE	Dallas Renegades	April 14	Los Angeles Chargers	[58]
Anthony Coyle	OT	New York Guardians	April 16	Pittsburgh Steelers	[59]
John Keenoy	C	Dallas Renegades	April 16	Pittsburgh Steelers	[59]
Arrion Springs	CB	Los Angeles Wildcats	April 16	Pittsburgh Steelers	[59]
Josh Hawkins	CB	Dallas Renegades	April 16	Atlanta Falcons	[60]
Jacques Patrick	RB	Tampa Bay Vipers	April 17	Cincinnati Bengals	[61]
Avery Gennesy	G	Houston Roughnecks	April 17	Tennessee Titans	[62]
Jarron Jones	OT	New York Guardians	April 20	Pittsburgh Steelers	[63]
Kahlil McKenzie	G	Los Angeles Wildcats	April 20	Seattle Seahawks	[64]
Colin Thompson	TE	Tampa Bay Vipers	April 27	Carolina Panthers	[65]
Zac Kerin	G	New York Guardians	April 29	Tennessee Titans	[66]
DaVonte Lambert	DE	St. Louis BattleHawks	April 30	Carolina Panthers	[67]
De'Mornay Pierson-El	WR	St. Louis BattleHawks	April 30	Las Vegas Raiders	[68]
Juwann Bushell-Beatty	G	Houston Roughnecks	May 1	Carolina Panthers	[69]
Andrew Soroh	FS	New York Guardians	June 9	Kansas City Chiefs	[70]
Michael Dunn	G	Seattle Dragons	August 9	Cleveland Browns	[71]
Connor Davis	TE	St. Louis BattleHawks	August 16	New York Jets	[72]

St. Louis BattleHawks safety Kenny Robinson was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft, as the only NFL Draft-eligible player who played in the XFL in 2020.[73]

The following players signed with CFL teams:

CFL signings

Player	Position	XFL team	Date	CFL team	Ref.
Armanti Edwards	WR	Dallas Renegades	April 10	Edmonton Eskimos	[74]
Dontez Byrd	WR	Seattle Dragons	April 13	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	[75]
Joe Powell	SS	St. Louis BattleHawks	April 13	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	[75]
Jalen Saunders	WR	Houston Roughnecks	April 20	Ottawa Redblacks	[76]
Trenton Thompson	DT	Team 9	April 20	Saskatchewan Roughriders	[77]
Sergio Castillo	K	Houston Roughnecks	April 21	BC Lions	[78]
Ranthony Texada	CB	New York Guardians	May 4	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	[79]
A. J. Hendy	SS	New York Guardians	May 4	Saskatchewan Roughriders	[80]
Brandon Wilds	RB	Tampa Bay Vipers	May 7	Calgary Stampeders	[81]
Channing Stribling	CB	Seattle Dragons	May 12	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	[82]
Na'Ty Rodgers	OT	Tampa Bay Vipers	May 13	Ottawa Redblacks	[83]
Terrence Alexander	CB	New York Guardians	May 22	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	[84]
Doran Grant	CB	DC Defenders	May 28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	[85]
Mekale McKay	WR	New York Guardians	June 11	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	[86]
Alonzo Russell	WR	St. Louis BattleHawks	July 3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	[87]

Attendance

Announced attendance figures for each home game. In the weekly columns, dashes (—) indicate away games, while bold font indicates the highest attendance of each team.

Team / Week	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Average
Dallas Renegades	17,206	—	—	18,332	15,950	51,488	17,163
DC Defenders	17,163	15,301	—	—	16,342	48,806	16,269
Houston Roughnecks	17,815	17,103	—	—	19,773	54,691	18,230
Los Angeles Wildcats	—	14,979	12,221	—	12,181	39,381	13,127
New York Guardians	17,634	—	—	12,116	—	29,750	14,875
Seattle Dragons	—	29,172	22,060	—	—	51,232	25,616
St. Louis BattleHawks	—	—	29,554	27,527	—	57,081	28,541
Tampa Bay Vipers	—	—	18,117	12,249	—	30,366	15,183
Total	69,818	76,555	81,952	70,224	64,246	334,272
Average	17,455	19,139	20,488	17,556	15,968		18,571

Broadcasting

This was the first year of a three-year agreement with ESPN Inc. and Fox Corporation to carry all 43 regular season and playoff games.[88][89]

During the regular season, ABC was scheduled to air ten Saturday games, five of them ended up being televised, and four Sunday games, airing only one of the four Sunday games. ESPN was to air five Sunday games, airing only two of them, and ESPN2 was to air two Sunday games, airing only one of the two. Fox was to air seven Saturday games, five of the seven being televised, one Sunday game, which was televised, and two Thursday games, neither being played. Fox’s main cable sports network, FS1, was to air nine Sunday games, with only four being played, and FS2 was to air one Saturday game, which was not played. ESPN and Fox were both scheduled to air one semifinal each, and ESPN was to air the championship game. All three never made the air.

Vegas Stats & Information Network is producing supplemental "BetCasts," focusing on betting, in real-time with game action for two games each week throughout the 2020 season. The BetCasts will be carried on iHeartRadio.[90]

Viewership

In millions of viewers

Broadcaster	1	2	3[91]	4[92]	5	Total	Average
ABC	3.3	2.1	1.9	1.6	1.5	12.8	2.1
	—	2.4	—	—	—
ESPN	2.5	—	1.5	—	0.8	4.8	1.6
ESPN2	—	—	—	1.0	—	1.0	1.0
Fox	3.3	2.3	2.1	1.8	1.5	14.3	2.4
	3.4	—	—	—	—
FS1	—	1.4	1.0	1.1	0.8	4.2	1.1
Total	12.5	8.2	6.4	5.5	4.6	37.3
Average	3.1	2.1	1.6	1.4	1.2		1.9

One decimal place is shown in table but three decimal places are used in all calculations.

Audio and radio coverage

Station	Owner	Platform	Team affiliation	Notes	Ref.
National
ESPN Xtra	ESPN	Sirius XM	None	Simulcast of television audio feeds	[93]
Fox Sports Radio	Fox Sports	Sirius XM
BetCast by VSiN	Musburger family	iHeartRadio app, web		Gambling-centered audio broadcast
Local
106.7 WJFK	Entercom	Radio, web, Radio.com app	DC Defenders	Select games over the air, others online-only due to schedule conflicts	[94]
97.5 KFNC	Gow Media	Radio, web	Houston Roughnecks		[95]
PTSMediaSports.com	PTS Media	Web	Houston Roughnecks	Spanish-language broadcast	[96]
710AM KIRO	Bonneville	Radio	Seattle Dragons	Studio programming only, no live games	[97]

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